Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean; it is also the most important economically and has the richest heritage of history and art.
The landscape is varied, prevalently mountainous and hilly, but with an expanse of plains around Catania. In the eastern part of the island is Mount Etna, Sicily's highest mountain, the whole of wich is a protected area within a national park.
The climate is characterized by mild winters and ispleasantly hot in the summer.
The main cities of Sicily are: Palermo, Catania,Messina and Siracusa. The cuisine includes cannoli, cassata siciliana and caponata siciliana. Biancomangiare, biscotti ennesi, braccilatte a Sicilian version ofdoughnuts,buccellato,ciarduna,pignoli,bruccellati,sesame seed cookies, a sweet confection with sesame seeds and almonds (torrone in Italy) iscubbaita,frutta martorana,cassata,pignolata,granita, cuccidati (a variety of fig cookie; also known as buccellati) andcuccìa are amongst some of the most notable sweet dishes.
The landscape is varied, prevalently mountainous and hilly, but with an expanse of plains around Catania. In the eastern part of the island is Mount Etna, Sicily's highest mountain, the whole of wich is a protected area within a national park.
The climate is characterized by mild winters and ispleasantly hot in the summer.
The main cities of Sicily are: Palermo, Catania,Messina and Siracusa.
The cuisine includes cannoli, cassata siciliana and caponata siciliana.
Biancomangiare, biscotti ennesi, braccilatte a Sicilian version of doughnuts, buccellato, ciarduna, pignoli, bruccellati, sesame seed cookies, a sweet confection with sesame seeds and almonds (torrone in Italy) is cubbaita, frutta martorana, cassata, pignolata, granita, cuccidati (a variety of fig cookie; also known as buccellati) andcuccìa are amongst some of the most notable sweet dishes.